Ralston
Ralston v. County of San Mateo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RANDY RALSTON, et al., Case No. 21-cv-01880-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT
v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO’S MOTION
TO DISMISS
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, et al., Docket Nos. 20, 22 Defendants.
12 13 Pending before the Court are separate motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) by Defendants County of San Mateo (the “County”) and the California Coastal Commission (the “Commission”). See Docket Nos. 20 (“Cnty. Mot.”); 22 (“Comm’n Mot.”). For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the County’s motion in its entirety without leave to amend.1 I. BACKGROUND A. Regulatory Framework The California Coastal Act of 1976 (CCA), Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 30000–30900, “was enacted by the Legislature as a comprehensive scheme to govern land use planning for the entire coastal zone of California,” Yost v. Thomas, 685 P.2d 1152, 1154…